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civil rights. voting rights act of 1965. >> yes. there are challenges to what is considered the crown jewel of the civil rights movement. section 5 of the 1965 voting rights act requires jurisdictions that have a history of past discrimination in voting to get pre-approval from the justice department or a federal court in washington whenever they make changes in their voting practices. that secon... that section is bg challenged in two cases although the court hasn't said it would review them. also we may see section 5 being challenged in cases involving voter i.d. laws. as you know the justice department has filed a number of suits in states that have enactd voter identification laws. >> brown: all right. now, when we last talkd, things ended with tension, with questions about the role of the chief justice, whether somehow he had switchd to becoming, you know, somehow closer to center. whether he might be the deciding vote on a lot of different cases. how much of that... you were able to talk to a couple of just titions over the su
civil rights. voting rights act of 1965. >> yes. there are challenges to what is considered the crown jewel of the civil rights movement. section 5 of the 1965 voting rights act requires jurisdictions that have a history of past discrimination in voting to get pre-approval from the justice department or a federal court in washington whenever they make changes in their voting practices. that secon... that section is bg challenged in two cases although the court hasn't said it would review...
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the civil rights movement put pressure on washington to open up the american dream to blacks and other minorities. part of what happened to them was it was so successful. but part of what happened to them was there was a power shift. there was a tremendous change of power in washington, and that had big effect on the ability of middle class americans to achieve the american dream. the other thing that happened is what i call wedge economics. the splitting of the american middle class off from the games of the national economy. so that today you can see the economy improving bit by bit by middle class people aren't doing that much better. people at the top are doing real well. corporations are reporting profits, but the people in the middle aren't doing that well. back in the old days tbhak the heyday of the middle class, everybody sharedded in that prosperity. today everybody doesn't share in that prosperity. that's why so many people feel so much pain. >> suarez: you take us again and again in the book to key moments where things could have gone one way but they went another. one was
the civil rights movement put pressure on washington to open up the american dream to blacks and other minorities. part of what happened to them was it was so successful. but part of what happened to them was there was a power shift. there was a tremendous change of power in washington, and that had big effect on the ability of middle class americans to achieve the american dream. the other thing that happened is what i call wedge economics. the splitting of the american middle class off from...
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rights ability in the only a requirement like this legal, it is in fact required. let's also bear in mind 28 states have had rules like this, actually more stringent, some of which require churches themselves to provide birth control coverage and there hasn't been at stake until president obama does it during an election year. more broadly than that, this should go away as an issue. why? the catholic hospitals association, catholic charities, notre dame university, the institutions that would be required to comply under this have all said they are fine and supportive of the accommodation. >> not all. >> no. >> but the major ones have, and -- >> megyn: no. >> no. >> megyn: a couple. >> wait a second. let me clarify that. it was -- >> megyn: there are -- president of the catholic league, he came out and said in his description, he said some liberal leaning or left leaning catholics have come out in support of it but i don't think it's correct to say all. >> i didn't say all, i said most, 600 catholic hospitals saying we endorse this, the association of jesuit univers
rights ability in the only a requirement like this legal, it is in fact required. let's also bear in mind 28 states have had rules like this, actually more stringent, some of which require churches themselves to provide birth control coverage and there hasn't been at stake until president obama does it during an election year. more broadly than that, this should go away as an issue. why? the catholic hospitals association, catholic charities, notre dame university, the institutions that would...
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but the civil rights group argue that the restriction is unconstitutional. >>> the environmental protection agency is on the case. trying to clean up a toxic site in richmond's inner harbor. divers took a plunge at the channel today, where tests show high levels of the dangerous chemical ddt. a company contaminated the channel in the 1940s. and despite a $13 million cleanup in the 1990s, recent tests show ddt up to 30-times higher in fish in the channel, compared to levels 20 years ago. today, they monitored the levels. the epa is trying to determine whether the chemical is coming from. >> we identified several sources. we may not in the initial effort, been able to dredge around underneath the piers. we may be concerned that ddt is coming from the embankment. >> a community meeting is scheduled for march 19th. the epa has set a target date for the next cleanup in 2014. >>> shimon peres is wrapping up his visit with an event in los angeles. he spent four days in southern california, after his visit to the bay area. he visited facebook in menlo park, where he launched his own facebook page.
but the civil rights group argue that the restriction is unconstitutional. >>> the environmental protection agency is on the case. trying to clean up a toxic site in richmond's inner harbor. divers took a plunge at the channel today, where tests show high levels of the dangerous chemical ddt. a company contaminated the channel in the 1940s. and despite a $13 million cleanup in the 1990s, recent tests show ddt up to 30-times higher in fish in the channel, compared to levels 20 years...
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rights? so you have to ask, do they think he was joking or are they in denial and the same thing on the other side, limited government conservatives, do they also think that we should do nothing to defend ourselves beyond our shores? i you sort of wonder whether they just think there is a half of ron paul they like and the other half he probably won't do. >> do you find some tradition he is fitting into or -- >> he is making his own. >> making it as he goes. >> absolutely, it is remarkable, without putting too much emphasis upon these entrance polls, it is fascinating, ron paul is doing very well among self professed liberal and moderate voters but at the same time among those who say the most important criteria is getting a true conservative, ron paul is crushing mitt romney. >> so what is he? is he is true conservative, the liberal, the moderate? this is someone who primps on labels. >> jeff stein, where do you see him fitting into iowa, iowa culture and iowa politics? who is he addressing?
rights? so you have to ask, do they think he was joking or are they in denial and the same thing on the other side, limited government conservatives, do they also think that we should do nothing to defend ourselves beyond our shores? i you sort of wonder whether they just think there is a half of ron paul they like and the other half he probably won't do. >> do you find some tradition he is fitting into or -- >> he is making his own. >> making it as he goes. >>...
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probably the most successful civil rights statute in our history. whenever the court says about the voting rights act and the role of federal courts in interpreting it and applying it is going to be very important to all of us because we are in the midst of some very dramatic changing demographics in this country. >> brown: you told me earlier today, this was a technical argument. you're shaking your head. >> it's a very complicated process, the redistricting and the approval of redistricting plans. i think the justices feel in a sense they're between a rock and a hard place. the primary election was postponed until april, contingent on a usable plank in place by february 1. and the justices seemed to ke it clear they didn't see how this was possible by february 1. >> brown: we will watch that as part of the political campaign that we're watching over the next month. all right. a couple of minutes i do want to bring up this other case because this was a very controversial environmental regulation case. sackett versus epa. >> right. the sacketts boug
probably the most successful civil rights statute in our history. whenever the court says about the voting rights act and the role of federal courts in interpreting it and applying it is going to be very important to all of us because we are in the midst of some very dramatic changing demographics in this country. >> brown: you told me earlier today, this was a technical argument. you're shaking your head. >> it's a very complicated process, the redistricting and the approval of...
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one of the evidence is that it isn't always clear that civil rights means voting rights or that civil rights been the right to eat at a restaurant on and on segregated basis. if you look back at the civil war and reconstruction era when the amendment which is one of the main amendments that supports the rights today was ratified, people thought that civil rights for about owning property and sitting on juries and being able to sue in court, but not about what they called social rights being able to go to a hotel or write in a streetcar or attend a school and certainly not political life or voting rights, so a definition that we have coming out of the civil-rights movement in the 1960's is different from multiple changes in definitions you see over the course of american history. >> where did you grow up and get interested in this topic? >> i grew up in brooklyn and when i grew up, my manager for it was to be an american based on my own family when we had a very robust sense of our family history was to come from eastern europe and go through the island and to the low east side and the
one of the evidence is that it isn't always clear that civil rights means voting rights or that civil rights been the right to eat at a restaurant on and on segregated basis. if you look back at the civil war and reconstruction era when the amendment which is one of the main amendments that supports the rights today was ratified, people thought that civil rights for about owning property and sitting on juries and being able to sue in court, but not about what they called social rights being...
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interested in that direct civil rights campaign. let me come back to the national story. remember i talked about barack obama and the whole relationship to communism. remember we talked about josef stalin and some of you discussed stalin in your exams how the communists got involved in african-american civil rights activity in the 1960s. this is the shadow of this. this is, if you will, the mirror opposite of it. in other words, when people began to be involved in civil rights activity in the 1950s and 1960s it was very easy for the opposition to then say what? these people are communists. it was very easy for the opposition to make the communist argument. and this was going to be very powerful and as you can see, arkansas state law in 1958 -- anybody who knows anything about the naacp would be hard pressed to imagine the naacp is the capital of the international communist conspiracy, but nonetheless that's the law that was going to be passed in 1958. and it was passed for a specific reason. most of the naacp members in arkansas at
interested in that direct civil rights campaign. let me come back to the national story. remember i talked about barack obama and the whole relationship to communism. remember we talked about josef stalin and some of you discussed stalin in your exams how the communists got involved in african-american civil rights activity in the 1960s. this is the shadow of this. this is, if you will, the mirror opposite of it. in other words, when people began to be involved in civil rights activity in the...
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i like to think of it as a civil rights movement that was truly civil. because masses of people thought carefully about what was at stake and what was right rather than what was expedient or habitual. they thought about what was elevating rather than mere ly power trying to itself. that movement, for it not to be understood as one of the most noble, most mature, most sweeping political change is inconceivable to me. however, it may court theg reca. and just in case it is in serious danger of drifting into the barely mentioned in our textbooks and in our cultural history or in case it suffers an unkindly demise in itscausits p yet, incomplete -- before that, we should couldnntemplate and re that period as a powerful morae moral achievement. and none so significantly important as the brown versus board of education. there's certainly many celebrations and memorials and books and essays and op-ed pieces all in place to mark and analyze the events of 1954. the culmination of years of work on the ground, in the streets and in the houses and in the churches an
i like to think of it as a civil rights movement that was truly civil. because masses of people thought carefully about what was at stake and what was right rather than what was expedient or habitual. they thought about what was elevating rather than mere ly power trying to itself. that movement, for it not to be understood as one of the most noble, most mature, most sweeping political change is inconceivable to me. however, it may court theg reca. and just in case it is in serious danger of...
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civil rights legislation. can you talk about the defense of marriage act had you see this play into these issues that we talk about? >> one thing to note is the gay-rights struggle is part of social injustice the bigotry over discrimination, that has not gone away with minorities and women but it is a smaller part of the problem. -- of louis -- lesbians it is the largest part of a problem. as an example of that, the civil-rights approach is appropriate and remarkably effective. the civil-rights movement will remarkably be effective from over discrimination much more effective than many people expect it. particularly in the area of public accommodation the laws that fell very quickly and much less than people thought and for the first generation bias the conventional civil-rights model is a good thing. that is where we are with those of the issues that are currently facing the gay-rights struggle. they could be second generation and issues also right now the focus is on the form of the overt bias. >> host: it t
civil rights legislation. can you talk about the defense of marriage act had you see this play into these issues that we talk about? >> one thing to note is the gay-rights struggle is part of social injustice the bigotry over discrimination, that has not gone away with minorities and women but it is a smaller part of the problem. -- of louis -- lesbians it is the largest part of a problem. as an example of that, the civil-rights approach is appropriate and remarkably effective. the...
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>> well, that is a very big question. >> from a civil rights law standpoint. >> from a civil rights law standpoint, affirmative-action is legally and acceptable in a preliminary range of circumstances, but what we have seen is the legal debate around affirmative action has -- it has done several interesting things. one, the legal principles that were at one time understood to be in support of things like integration have now been turned against policies that are designed to integrate work forces, schools and what have you, affirmative-action policies. they begin on a relatively narrow idea that the legal injuries is discrimination, and discrimination narrowly defined, affirmative-action is discrimination nearly to find. so that is an instance of the kind of thinking that i am describing. that is not to say that affirmative-action should be controversial, but the precise way in which the law has done with it seems to of store most of the important questions rather than eliminate them. that is what my concerns. we don't make much of a distinction, for instance, now in a popular debate as
>> well, that is a very big question. >> from a civil rights law standpoint. >> from a civil rights law standpoint, affirmative-action is legally and acceptable in a preliminary range of circumstances, but what we have seen is the legal debate around affirmative action has -- it has done several interesting things. one, the legal principles that were at one time understood to be in support of things like integration have now been turned against policies that are designed to...
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under the 1964 civil rights act. you cannot operate a private business that serves the public that also excludes people based on their race. you can't operate your business, for example, like this. even if it is your private business. and even if your local law enforcement authorities are okay with it. and even request your state's government says stuff like segregation now. you're part of the united states of america and far of our constitution you cannot operate racially discriminatory businesses. nobody thinks you can do this anymore, right? lives were lost and a lot of blood was shed to enforce that principle, but it is settled now, right? until the last couple of years. when kentucky republican rand paul won a seat in the united states senate in 2010. it was after a campaign in which he said the 1964 civil rights act made him uncomfortable. he wasn't sure that anybody should be able to tell a private business that, for example, you have to serve black people. >> would you have voted for the civil rights act of 1
under the 1964 civil rights act. you cannot operate a private business that serves the public that also excludes people based on their race. you can't operate your business, for example, like this. even if it is your private business. and even if your local law enforcement authorities are okay with it. and even request your state's government says stuff like segregation now. you're part of the united states of america and far of our constitution you cannot operate racially discriminatory...
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this is about the american civil rights movement. because of that, and we are a national site, we start our tour experience in the year 1619. and as you walk through the space, you're walking through history and through eras. when you finish on this side, you will end on april 4, 1968. we believe here that america's civil rights movement did not stop with the death of king. he was a strong influence and strong impact on so many nations and so many other people, we want to close the tour with the impact of all of us and the call to action that we all have. the highlight of the tour is the actual room, 306, where dr. king was staying. it's been preserved as it was in 1968. okay? let's go inside. the lorraine motel was owned by walter and lori bailey, an african-american couple, one of the few black-owned businesses in the deep south in the '50s and '60s. on the day mr. king was assassinated, mrs. bailey was on the switchboard. she heard screams outside, and she ran out and was told dr. king had been shot. that was at 6:05 p.m. she call
this is about the american civil rights movement. because of that, and we are a national site, we start our tour experience in the year 1619. and as you walk through the space, you're walking through history and through eras. when you finish on this side, you will end on april 4, 1968. we believe here that america's civil rights movement did not stop with the death of king. he was a strong influence and strong impact on so many nations and so many other people, we want to close the tour with...
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for me harvey milk was about civil rights and the rights of all people and the recognition that we as minimum bier of the lgbt community are connected to other communities, and that we cannot be for lgbt rights if we're also not for the rights of other groups. that we cannot be -- (applause) >> -- only about the lgbt community. that if you believe in gay rights and lgbt rights, that you necessarily have to be for the rights of immigrants. that you necessarily have to be for the rights of women. that you necessarily have to be for the right for anyone who is disinfranchised in society. that to me is the essence of that legacy. * and why it's a legacy that transcends, transcends the lgbt community in terms whatv harvey milk was about. so, as an openly gay latino man, i am grateful for that legacy. and i am grateful that harvey milk, that george moscone, have become a beacon of light and hope not only for the lgbt community, but for so many communities throughout this country. and not just this country, but the world. and, so, that is what's so special, is that it's a legacy that transce
for me harvey milk was about civil rights and the rights of all people and the recognition that we as minimum bier of the lgbt community are connected to other communities, and that we cannot be for lgbt rights if we're also not for the rights of other groups. that we cannot be -- (applause) >> -- only about the lgbt community. that if you believe in gay rights and lgbt rights, that you necessarily have to be for the rights of immigrants. that you necessarily have to be for the rights of...
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as press secretary james hagerty later remembered after brown, he said after brown, civil rights became a whole different ball game. indeed, it did, and it was a game that would result in the confrontation at the little rock school desegregation crisis. and in that crisis, eisenhower's policy, his trusted policy of moderation would prove woefully inadequate. not that he didn't try to use it. they sought to avoid any high-profile actions during the crisis. any high-profile pronouncements, four times during the crisis, he dispatched personal emsears to arkansas to gather information and attempt to bridge the differences between the state. he repeatedly refused advice from insub ord in thes to prove through legislative or even forceful measures to resolve the crisis, and he sought to provide as much time as he possibly could for the people of arkansas to accept and become comfortable with court-mandated desegregation. in the end, the ruling was implemented only after the president ordered the 101st to occupy little rock. so what happened? what happened? why did the policy that was domestic
as press secretary james hagerty later remembered after brown, he said after brown, civil rights became a whole different ball game. indeed, it did, and it was a game that would result in the confrontation at the little rock school desegregation crisis. and in that crisis, eisenhower's policy, his trusted policy of moderation would prove woefully inadequate. not that he didn't try to use it. they sought to avoid any high-profile actions during the crisis. any high-profile pronouncements, four...
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now, if you try to do ike in civil rights, you readily understand why that is. it sometimes can be just maddening. who's the real ike here? who's the real guy? some people have argued that eisenhower met civil rights reform with ambivalence if not outright opposition. they say that he failed to develop comprehensive policies and strategies required to implement school desegregation in the south. it was this failure some revisionists explain was what erupted in little rock. there's no debating this scholar's assumption that eisenhower was less than enthusiastic in his order of school desegregation. but what i will suggest here today is that their claim that the president's failure resulted from an overriding opposition to civil rights is wrong. i will argue it was wrong and i will argue that it was wrong when they did not end the desegregation. i think they missed the mark completely. my main thing, that a close examination of the president's personal and public correspondence and actionses reveals that his approach to all civil rights issues eisenhower adhered t
now, if you try to do ike in civil rights, you readily understand why that is. it sometimes can be just maddening. who's the real ike here? who's the real guy? some people have argued that eisenhower met civil rights reform with ambivalence if not outright opposition. they say that he failed to develop comprehensive policies and strategies required to implement school desegregation in the south. it was this failure some revisionists explain was what erupted in little rock. there's no debating...
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of civil rights"? >> it is crucial to the title of my book. the book is about civil rights brown versus board of education. >> 1954? >> yes, 1954. it is about brown versus board of education in 1954. the idea is to look at civil rights before mr. brown. we moved from there into a new era of civil rights. this book was what it was like before brown and what we had looking at jim crow. what they thought jim crowell did to them, the lawyers, and how it harms them, and their understanding of what jim crow was is a lot broader. there was -- the image was not only a law saying that black children and white children go to different schools, water fountains, antidiscrimination laws, it is also hiring whites in the industry that only higher whites or african-americans for the worst jobs. government and economy meddled in discrimination. it reveals a much more total and economic deprivation and explication, as well as about stigma and symbolism in state-mandated law. >> during that period, risa goluboff, what we
of civil rights"? >> it is crucial to the title of my book. the book is about civil rights brown versus board of education. >> 1954? >> yes, 1954. it is about brown versus board of education in 1954. the idea is to look at civil rights before mr. brown. we moved from there into a new era of civil rights. this book was what it was like before brown and what we had looking at jim crow. what they thought jim crowell did to them, the lawyers, and how it harms them, and their...
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others might say okay you're right by that time we have the civil rights and voting rights. let's move on. not everybody will be happy that there's something happening. in other words i don't necessarily think the split in the civil rights movement is inherently important. it still needs the voting rights act. it's not inherently important in terms of the division in sncc. the black world changes in a way that we know in 64 there are riots in philadelphia, there is a riot in harlem and they seem to mean something but what is different? and so, it's not even the sheer violence of it i think a lot of it has to do -- i think people are more shocked by their right in california, paray yet in l.a.. tell us about that. how does it really change the black movement or just the way that people proceed? >> what does it do to the black community and white liberalism? what happens? >> the white liberalism what it does is they were shoulder to shoulder with blacks in the south and some of them have killed and after a while it is a setback. they are not non-violent people, they are hoodlu
others might say okay you're right by that time we have the civil rights and voting rights. let's move on. not everybody will be happy that there's something happening. in other words i don't necessarily think the split in the civil rights movement is inherently important. it still needs the voting rights act. it's not inherently important in terms of the division in sncc. the black world changes in a way that we know in 64 there are riots in philadelphia, there is a riot in harlem and they...
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this was leadership in fighting for civil rights. that is why willie brown is getting a lifetime achievement award. [applause] as i do every year, i bring a proclamation writ this effort starts on friday morning. when patrick takes a u-haul truck to a storage locker, blows up the truck, brings the volunteers, comes back, feeds everybody. saturday morning filling out the triangle. this is an amazing effort and we're so indebted to you. this may help you complete wallpaper in your new bathroom. [applause] but, as earnest as your efforts are and all of the volunteers, we would not be here if it were not for edith. we brought a proclamation for edith. [applause] we look forward to celebrating your 90th birthday shortly. thank you all for being here. [applause] >> from san francisco, california state representative tom adriana -- amiano. [applause] >> thank you. i just got a text from olivia newton-john and she wants her jacket back. [laughter] ♪ summer days ♪ [laughter] i have been around the block and even when i was young, a whole
this was leadership in fighting for civil rights. that is why willie brown is getting a lifetime achievement award. [applause] as i do every year, i bring a proclamation writ this effort starts on friday morning. when patrick takes a u-haul truck to a storage locker, blows up the truck, brings the volunteers, comes back, feeds everybody. saturday morning filling out the triangle. this is an amazing effort and we're so indebted to you. this may help you complete wallpaper in your new bathroom....
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as rosa parks was someone that was known for her leadership role in civil rights, so should this center named in her honor be filled with seniors and those living with disabilities who are leaders in this community. we are working together with senior action network to have this side post a senior university session. but what to help activate the space and make sure it is full of resources, information, activities, and most of all, that is full of seniors who are enjoying this space. hopefully, it in the new -- in the near future, the site will be packed with educational resources, help services, -- health services. i look forward to visiting the center and talking with people about how we can make the center and the adjacent mall full of life and positive activity. i also want to encourage you to have partnerships with the other centers in the area so that you were able to support each other and participate in a variety of events. i also want to encourage interested people to attend the hearing that we will have on may 21 that we will hear reports from the department of aging and adult
as rosa parks was someone that was known for her leadership role in civil rights, so should this center named in her honor be filled with seniors and those living with disabilities who are leaders in this community. we are working together with senior action network to have this side post a senior university session. but what to help activate the space and make sure it is full of resources, information, activities, and most of all, that is full of seniors who are enjoying this space. hopefully,...
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she became a powerful symbol of the civil rights movement. and don't forget candace let mayor, who lost her child to a drunk driver. she joined with other grieving mothers to create one of the most successful grass-roots efforts in american history, mothers against drunk driving. for those of you who did the morning sessions, you have taken a closer look at violence and health-care issues within the context of women around the globe. in the midst of gathering information and listening to some statistics, it is hard sometimes to remember the human aspect of these numbers, the personal stories and someone's word spread that is why for today i decided to tell you the will of my own story. i am one of those statistics. it is my hope by sharing some of my story that it will resonate with you and perhaps _ the simple fact that we are all individuals who have choices to make. each of us can make a choice to stand up and join the growing chorus of demanding change in the world. today in san francisco, in beijing, we really need you. nelson mandela on
she became a powerful symbol of the civil rights movement. and don't forget candace let mayor, who lost her child to a drunk driver. she joined with other grieving mothers to create one of the most successful grass-roots efforts in american history, mothers against drunk driving. for those of you who did the morning sessions, you have taken a closer look at violence and health-care issues within the context of women around the globe. in the midst of gathering information and listening to some...
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civil rights laws and to assure that all students receive high-quality educational experiences. the research released today clearly demonstrates that severe inequities in education remain. the dramatic numbers confirm that the opportunity gaps are very real for students of color, students who are low-income, students with disabilities, and students who are learning english, especially for the first time. i am especially grateful to the office of civil rights for examining the experience of discipline, including the interaction of race and gender in discipline. i have fought for such analysis for years, given my personal and professional observation of the overt discipline of african-american
civil rights laws and to assure that all students receive high-quality educational experiences. the research released today clearly demonstrates that severe inequities in education remain. the dramatic numbers confirm that the opportunity gaps are very real for students of color, students who are low-income, students with disabilities, and students who are learning english, especially for the first time. i am especially grateful to the office of civil rights for examining the experience of...
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the interaction of especially grate office of civil rights. i have fought for such analysis for years given my personal and professional observation of the overdiscipline of african-american boys. especially boys experience much harsher discipline than other students with one in five black boys subject to out of school suspension almost three times the rate of their white peers. the data released today unequivocally demonstrates the need for the civil rights data collection and for active federal partnership with states to ensure educational success for all students. i'm also pleased to announce that the congressional black caucus will host a congressional summit on discipline in april to examine further these data and to discuss federal policy reforms to address the disparities that have been revealed. i know that representative dona donald payne, who is our senior member of the education committee would have loved to have been here to note the progress that we have made. so again, secretary duncan, assistant secretary ali, we commend the amo
the interaction of especially grate office of civil rights. i have fought for such analysis for years given my personal and professional observation of the overdiscipline of african-american boys. especially boys experience much harsher discipline than other students with one in five black boys subject to out of school suspension almost three times the rate of their white peers. the data released today unequivocally demonstrates the need for the civil rights data collection and for active...
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the 1960 civil rights act. that gave the justice department additional powers to enforce civil rights, but really still very -- very significant constraints on what the justice department can do. the naacp is caught up with the struggle of trying to implement brown versus the board of education and then there was martin luther king who was catapulted to prominence with the montgomery busboy cot. king is also looking in 1960, 1961 for ways to push the movement forward. so what the context was a lot had been done. desegregation of the military, brown versus board of education. they were comfortable with social equality. they were personally comfortable around african-americans, which was a -- which distinguished them from most of the predecessors in the offices of the presidency, but still nobody knew what the next step was. the next steps were driven by african-americans and whites. segregationist whites in the south. >> so harris, john f. kennedy first had to get the presidency. and part of his kpieding to the
the 1960 civil rights act. that gave the justice department additional powers to enforce civil rights, but really still very -- very significant constraints on what the justice department can do. the naacp is caught up with the struggle of trying to implement brown versus the board of education and then there was martin luther king who was catapulted to prominence with the montgomery busboy cot. king is also looking in 1960, 1961 for ways to push the movement forward. so what the context was a...
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and when it comes to civil rights, it matters to each one of us. by supervisor christina olague. >> i am very proud to be living in san francisco. i know this year we will focus on global quality, but i think in order to attain those goals we have to try to achieve those goals locally. we have continued to struggle in making sure this city is open to folks from all kinds of economic are from. -- economic background. a lot of people escaped the midwest or even the central valley to get to san francisco for a place where they can treat common and i think it is good we are in a space where we can live openly and honestly. we are not corporate. we are focusing on keeping seniors here. we have to do everything to make sure our young people can stay here if they choose. have a great week. gardnewright last not least, ple welcome dowan. >> i know i am joined by my colleague in bringing greetings from the u.s. house of representatives. for many years congresswoman pelosi had fought a year after year to fill the funding but was cut for hiv aids to san franc
and when it comes to civil rights, it matters to each one of us. by supervisor christina olague. >> i am very proud to be living in san francisco. i know this year we will focus on global quality, but i think in order to attain those goals we have to try to achieve those goals locally. we have continued to struggle in making sure this city is open to folks from all kinds of economic are from. -- economic background. a lot of people escaped the midwest or even the central valley to get to...
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. >>> the nation's leading civil rights organization, the naacp, made it clear today it stands in favor of gay marriage. the endorsement comes as many in the african american religious community continue to reject this idea. at naacp headquarters where there were motions of emotion as the announcement was made. >> benjamin was briefly overcome with emotion today as he tried to explain why the civil rights organization is endorsing same-sex marriage when 60% of african americans don't. >> we understand -- >> benjamin, taking a moment to collect himself because the issue of marriage equality touches him to the core. these are jealous' parents, a couple who had to leave maryland to get married in 1966 because race mixing was illegal. >> my parents own marriage was against the law at the time. and they had to return here to baltimore after getting married in washington, d.c. >> naacp endorsed same-sex marriage in hopes that the resolution will encourage more african americans to do the same. >> we have always stood against laws which demean, dehumanize, or dediscriminate against any person
. >>> the nation's leading civil rights organization, the naacp, made it clear today it stands in favor of gay marriage. the endorsement comes as many in the african american religious community continue to reject this idea. at naacp headquarters where there were motions of emotion as the announcement was made. >> benjamin was briefly overcome with emotion today as he tried to explain why the civil rights organization is endorsing same-sex marriage when 60% of african americans...